CDO Zone

For the third year, Sara Hurley (the CDO for England) and her team will be available on the CDO Zone to meet and engage with all oral health professionals attending the show. Showcase provides the ideal opportunity for the CDO to inform the profession of the ongoing oral health workstreams and priorities in NHS England and NHS Improvement, whilst also being available to meet with the healthcare professionals who are delivering oral care to our population.

As well as this, Sara will be giving a briefing in the Showcase’s Innovation Theatre on each morning of the show. On the Friday and Saturday of Showcase, the briefing will be open to all with seats taken on a first come first served basis. This briefing will be followed by a panel discussion involving Sara and her executive team. We invite you all to come along.

The CDO Zone will feature a mini lecture theatre, which will feature a rolling programme of free to attend presentations and workshops. See the programme below.

Donna Holden

Regional Post Graduate Dental Dean

HEE North West

Vinay Chavda

Clinical Fellow to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer England

Richard Jacob

Clinical Fellow to NHS England and NHS Improvement North Region

Eric Rooney

Deputy Chief Dental Officer England

Eric has worked in clinical practice and held a number of roles in the NHS including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He took up post as Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and leads the work on primary care networks, integration and new models of care.

Eric Rooney

Deputy Chief Dental Officer England

Eric has worked in clinical practice and held a number of roles in the NHS including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He took up post as Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and leads the work on primary care networks, integration and new models of care.

Dr Leticia Casanova

BDS PhD, Specialist Periodontist

Pepe Shirlaw

London Dental Network Chair

James Butcher

Regional Lead (London)

Dental Commissioning

Eric Rooney

Deputy Chief Dental Officer England

Eric has worked in clinical practice and held a number of roles in the NHS including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He took up post as Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and leads the work on primary care networks, integration and new models of care.

Emma Wallis

NHS England and NHS Improvement

Eric Rooney

Deputy Chief Dental Officer England

Eric has worked in clinical practice and held a number of roles in the NHS including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He took up post as Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and leads the work on primary care networks, integration and new models of care.

Peter Briggs

Regional Post Graduate Dean

HEE London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Vinay Chavda

Clinical Fellow to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer England

Richard Jacob

Clinical Fellow to NHS England and NHS Improvement North Region

Pepe Shirlaw

London Dental Network Chair

Malcolm Smith

Post Graduate Dental Dean

HEE North East & Chai, Advancing Dental Care Programme

Professor Tim Newton

Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry

King's College London

Tim Newton is Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College London. He also holds Honorary Consultant Health Psychologist positions with Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Professor Newton has worked in the behavioural sciences in relation to dentistry for over 25 years, and his particular interests include the management of dental anxiety, the working life of the dental team and patients’ perceptions of treatment. He is Chair of the King’s College London Research Ethics Committee.
In 2016 Professor Newton was awarded the Behavioural, Epidemiological and Health Services Research Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Association of Dental Research.